Allaying concerns: The Hindu Editorial on public trust and vaccination programmes
4 years ago

Allaying concerns: The Hindu Editorial on public trust and vaccination programmes

The Hindu  

A little over 392 million doses of vaccine have been administered globally, according to the Bloomberg Vaccine Tracker, with India accounting for around 9% of them. In the last week, there have been a flurry of reports from Europe, of blood clots developing in a very small fraction of those vaccinated and leading to a cascade of European countries announcing a temporary halt to their vaccination programmes involving the AstraZeneca vaccine. In fact, there are less than 40 such occurrences reported so far, and that is much below the background of about 1,000 to 2,000 blood clots every single day in the general population, say studies based on the U.S. population. India has a long experience with vaccinations as well as expertise in evaluating risk; however, transparency and prompt data sharing, thereby building public trust, is not one of its strong suits. Public trust is a key ingredient to successful vaccination programmes and this can be only earned by the government’s zealous attention to allaying concerns.

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A bad omen for public trust in vaccines
1 week ago

A bad omen for public trust in vaccines

The Hindu  

Over the last few years, multiple petitions have been filed before the courts regarding vaccines. Other petitions raise questions about transparency of clinical trial data, inadequate disclosure of the side-effects of vaccines, the monitoring of vaccine-related adverse events, and compensation in cases where vaccines may have caused deaths or serious adverse events. Trust in the regulator appears to be abysmal …

One-third of Americans don’t trust the COVID vaccines, survey finds
4 months, 3 weeks ago

One-third of Americans don’t trust the COVID vaccines, survey finds

Salon  

Across the U.S., 35% of adults reported that they did not trust COVID-19 vaccines, without much variation across years 2021-2023, according to a survey published in the journal Vaccine: X this week. Vaccine hesitancy is one piece of a growing distrust in public health exacerbated by the government’s pandemic response that many experts fear will only deepen with the new …

‘Dire implications’: Experts warn Trump could spark global health crisis with latest idea
4 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Dire implications’: Experts warn Trump could spark global health crisis with latest idea

Raw Story  

Over the weekend Donald Trump said he is considering a ban on not just vaccine mandates, but vaccines themselves—an extension of his embrace of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He is expected to put RFK Jr., a known AIDS denialist and anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and purveyor of vaccine misinformation who has likened the use of vaccines to the "holocaust," in charge …

Is distrust in politics linked to falling vaccination rates?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Is distrust in politics linked to falling vaccination rates?

The Independent  

At a time of intense pressure on the NHS, falling rates of vaccination for whooping cough and measles, mumps and rubella have alarmed the UK Health Security Agency. With the relaxation of these rules, the “overdue” whopping cough peak seems to have arrived – and the impact of the pandemic also means there is reduced immunity to whooping cough in …

In India, all vaccine-related AEFI are routinely monitored and COVID is no exception, says health expert
10 months, 4 weeks ago

In India, all vaccine-related AEFI are routinely monitored and COVID is no exception, says health expert

The Hindu  

All ‘Adverse Events Following Immunisation’ after COVID-19 vaccinations continue to be monitored, a senior Union Health Ministry official, who did not wish to be named, said on Thursday. According to a study titled ‘Serious adverse event following immunization and thromboembolic events associated with COVID19 vaccination: An analysis of nationwide causality assessment from India’, published in February 2023, the majority of …

Global study quantifies rise in blood clots, heart inflammation following COVID-19 vaccination
1 year, 1 month ago

Global study quantifies rise in blood clots, heart inflammation following COVID-19 vaccination

The Hindu  

One of the largest assessments of its kind, spanning 99 million people and investigating reports of adverse reactions following COVID-19 vaccination, found that instances of Guillain Barre Syndrome, myocarditis, pericarditis and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis were at least 1.5 times more than expected following inoculation with mRNA and ChadOX1 vaccines. The Global Covid Vaccine Safety Project, which made the assessment, …

Burying the fallacy of vaccine sceptics
1 year, 4 months ago

Burying the fallacy of vaccine sceptics

Hindustan Times  

An Indian Council of Medical Research study has found that the spate of sudden deaths reported post-Covid among young adults in India could be because of past Covid hospitalisation, family history of sudden deaths, binge drinking, and intense unaccustomed activity. It should set at rest the harmful narrative based on anecdotes and rumours that Covid-19 vaccines caused these deaths. Covid-19 …

Debunking myths and misconceptions around immunisation or vaccination in India
1 year, 10 months ago

Debunking myths and misconceptions around immunisation or vaccination in India

Hindustan Times  

Immunisation, also known as vaccination, is a crucial tool in preventing and controlling the spread of infectious diseases as it involves administering a vaccine, which is a preparation containing weakened or inactivated microorganisms or parts of microorganisms, to stimulate the immune system to produce a protective response against specific diseases. Debunking myths and misconceptions around immunisation or vaccination in India …

India is 1 of 3 countries where confidence in children’s vaccines has increased: UNICEF report
1 year, 11 months ago

India is 1 of 3 countries where confidence in children’s vaccines has increased: UNICEF report

The Hindu  

Only China, India, and Mexico, that is three out of the 55 countries studied for popular perception of the importance of vaccines for children, showed improvement as per data collected by The Vaccine Confidence Project and published by UNICEF on April 20. UNICEF India today released the agency’s global flagship report ‘The State of the World’s Children 2023: For Every …

COVID-19 vaccine: How well does India’s adverse reaction tracking system work? | In Focus podcast
2 years, 3 months ago

COVID-19 vaccine: How well does India’s adverse reaction tracking system work? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

Last month, the Central government, in an affidavit to the Supreme Court, said that it cannot be held liable to pay compensation for deaths caused by adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine. The affidavit was filed in a case in response to a petition filed by the parents of two young women, who allegedly died due to adverse reactions following …

Government Not Liable To Compensate For Deaths Due To COVID Vaccination : Centre Tells Supreme Court
2 years, 4 months ago

Government Not Liable To Compensate For Deaths Due To COVID Vaccination : Centre Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Government cannot be held liable to compensate for the deaths occurring due to the administration of COVID-19 vaccines, said the Central Government in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court.Responding to a petition filed by parents of two girls who died due to the adverse effects of Covishield vaccine, the Union Government submitted that : "The vaccines in use …

Being ready: The Hindu Editorial on vaccination and India’s third COVID-19 wave
3 years ago

Being ready: The Hindu Editorial on vaccination and India’s third COVID-19 wave

The Hindu  

The COVID-19 pandemic is on a discernible wane. Balram Bhargava, Director-General, ICMR, said at a press conference this week that 92% of those who died of COVID-19 since January this year were unvaccinated, and underlined that vaccines and the wide vaccination coverage had played an important role in protecting hundreds of lives. The initial scepticism regarding the vaccines not having …

Should vaccination be made mandatory? | The Hindu Parley podcast
3 years, 3 months ago

Should vaccination be made mandatory? | The Hindu Parley podcast

The Hindu  

It is going to be almost a year since vaccination against COVID-19 was rolled out in India for the adult population. The latest issue is that some States have come up with their own strategies to ensure wider vaccination coverage — such as by making vaccination mandatory for entry into public places and workplaces — even though the Central Government …

More, and for more: The Hindu Editorial on COVID-19 vaccines for children and boosters for the aged
3 years, 3 months ago

More, and for more: The Hindu Editorial on COVID-19 vaccines for children and boosters for the aged

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, not unlike a Santa Claus who enters homes without warning and leaves gifts, suddenly announced on Christmas night that ‘precaution’ or third doses of vaccine would be available from January 10 for health-care, frontline workers, and those over 60 with co-morbidities on their doctors’ advice. The announcement, however, was nearly simultaneous with another significant development: of …

Opinion | How rumours are still spreading fear about Covid vaccine in India
3 years, 4 months ago

Opinion | How rumours are still spreading fear about Covid vaccine in India

India TV News  

Today I want to write about people who are deliberately trying to avoid Covid vaccination. Salman has millions of fans and his words carry weight, but when our reporters explored further, they found that people mostly living in Muslim-dominated localities of the state are now showing vaccine hesitancy. The state health minister Rajesh Tope said, the government decided to rope …

Responding to adversity with achievement
3 years, 5 months ago

Responding to adversity with achievement

The Hindu  

India has completed vaccination of 100 crore doses on October 21, 2021, in just about nine months since starting vaccination. However, when it came to something as crucial as the COVID-19 vaccine, the people of India unanimously trusted ‘Made in India’ vaccines. More than 180 countries are dependent on an extremely limited pool of producers, and dozens of nations are …

64 crore vaccine doses: How western media outlets had fuelled doubts and suspicions over India’s vaccination campaign
3 years, 7 months ago

64 crore vaccine doses: How western media outlets had fuelled doubts and suspicions over India’s vaccination campaign

Op India  

India’s COVID-19 vaccination programme has been continuing at a breakneck pace. Foreign media outlets stoke scepticism over India’s vaccination drive As India launched its ambitious coronavirus vaccination campaign on January 16, 2021, western media outlets were replete with articles that were prejudiced against India and cast doubt over its ability to successfully accomplish the objective of vaccinating its population against …

OPINION: With 1 Crore Jabs in a Day, Indian State Has Given Befitting Reply to Detractors
3 years, 7 months ago

OPINION: With 1 Crore Jabs in a Day, Indian State Has Given Befitting Reply to Detractors

News 18  

As of Friday, India had vaccinated over 50 per cent of its eligible population with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Be it encouraging vaccine hesitancy, to confusing state government and central government powers, to spinning carefully selected communal narratives around super-spreader events while shielding other super-spreader events from criticism, the entire list essentially reads as a chargesheet …

Pandemic of distrust: The Hindu Editorial on resisting COVID-19 vaccination
3 years, 7 months ago

Pandemic of distrust: The Hindu Editorial on resisting COVID-19 vaccination

The Hindu  

President Joe Biden and the director of the CDC warned this week that the COVID-19 crisis in the U.S. was becoming a “pandemic of the unvaccinated”. This came on the back of the firm commitment by the Biden administration to follow the science in the tackling of the pandemic, and quickly secure pledges from vaccine manufacturers — including Pfizer, Moderna …

The vaccination drive is entering a challenging phase. Change strategies
3 years, 8 months ago

The vaccination drive is entering a challenging phase. Change strategies

Hindustan Times  

Despite improvements in daily vaccination numbers and the promise of increased supply, challenges persist in India’s vaccination drive. In mass public health campaigns, initial returns are often high on account of governments reaching the easily accessible sections quickly, and rapid coverage of the affluent and the non-hesitant population. In such circumstances, incentives to promote vaccination could become crucial to speed …

Take vaccines to people instead of drawing them to vax centres
3 years, 8 months ago

Take vaccines to people instead of drawing them to vax centres

Live Mint  

Our capacity to vaccinate will soon hobble our campaign to tackle the pandemic. India’s shortage of vaccines has till now obscured the question of our vaccine delivery system’s capacity, as also the matter of public demand for vaccination. The very rational bases for many people’s unwillingness to take a covid shot is visible in depressed demand for the required second …

Upholding trust in vaccination
3 years, 8 months ago

Upholding trust in vaccination

The Hindu  

Not very long ago, family planning dominated health system allocations and priorities in India and resulted in much harassment for grassroots health workers and the rural folk. The corollary was the undermining of trust in the public health system, which would often lead to people avoiding contact with health facilities for routine health services. Meeting targets Such trust is indispensable …

PM Modi holds Covid review meeting, says ’involve NGOs to expand vaccination drive’
3 years, 9 months ago

PM Modi holds Covid review meeting, says ’involve NGOs to expand vaccination drive’

Live Mint  

During a review meeting to assess the status of the Covid-19 vaccination drive in India, officials told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that they are in touch with state governments to explore and implement innovative methods to reach people for vaccination. He was briefed about the age-wise vaccination coverage as well as about the vaccine coverage among healthcare workers, frontline workers …

India achieves over 5 million vaccinations per day three days in a row
3 years, 9 months ago

India achieves over 5 million vaccinations per day three days in a row

Op India  

India on Monday this week registered the highest one-day vaccination, with more than 90 lakh people administered with a dose of COVID-19 vaccines. Resumption of control by the centre reinvigorates the country’s languishing vaccination drive While Chidambaram, Ramesh and other Congress leaders cite the drop in the number of vaccines administered on Tuesday to accuse the government of orchestrating a …

Day 1 of India's new COVID-19 vaccine policy: Record 85L doses administered, 'numbers gladdening', tweets PM
3 years, 9 months ago

Day 1 of India's new COVID-19 vaccine policy: Record 85L doses administered, 'numbers gladdening', tweets PM

Firstpost  

Madhya Pradesh administered the highest number of vaccines today with 15,42,632 jabs, followed by Karnataka with 10,67,734, Uttar Pradesh with 6,74,546 India on Monday administered a record 85.96 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses on day one of the country’s new inoculation strategy in which the Central Government provided free vaccines against COVID-19 to adults across states. The Centre’s new policy came …

​Government Panel Confirms First Death in India Linked to Covid-19 Vaccination
3 years, 9 months ago

​Government Panel Confirms First Death in India Linked to Covid-19 Vaccination

News 18  

A government panel has confirmed India’s first death linked to Covid-19 vaccination. The national Adverse Event Following Immunization committee’s report says that a 68-year-old man died due to anaphylaxis, an allergic reaction, after receiving his vaccine shot on March 8, 2021. According to the World Health Organization, an Adverse Event Following Immunization is any untoward medical occurrence following immunisation that …

The Hindu's 'fact-check' about PM Modi's vaccine claims contradicts its own arguments. Details
3 years, 9 months ago

The Hindu's 'fact-check' about PM Modi's vaccine claims contradicts its own arguments. Details

Op India  

PM Modi on Monday had announced that India would revert to a system of centralised procurement of vaccines against COVID-19 and slammed the politicisation of vaccination drive. In a string of tweets, Know The Nation pointed out the glaring holes in The Hindu’s ‘fact-check’ article and how it was trying to claim that India did not lack vaccine access. The …

'Will Get Jabbed Since Shots are Now by Centre, Not BJP': Akhilesh Yadav's Covid Vaccine U-turn
3 years, 9 months ago

'Will Get Jabbed Since Shots are Now by Centre, Not BJP': Akhilesh Yadav's Covid Vaccine U-turn

News 18  

A day after Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav took his first dose of Covishield at Gurgaon’s Medanta hospital, his son and former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday clarified that he’s not against jabs by Centre but was against ‘BJP’s vaccine’. In a tweet on Tuesday morning, Akhilesh Yadav wrote, “Instead of politicising vaccination, the government of India …

Let Centre distribute vaccines, says Naveen Patnaik
3 years, 10 months ago

Let Centre distribute vaccines, says Naveen Patnaik

The Hindu  

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has called for a consensus among all States on universal vaccination programme. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, too, said on Wednesday, “The Central government must procure and make vaccines for COVID-19 available free of cost to all the States.” Ms. Banerjee said that Mr. Patnaik had called her on Tuesday on the subject of …

'Those who take the jab die': Rumours mar Covid vaccination drive in rural India
3 years, 10 months ago

'Those who take the jab die': Rumours mar Covid vaccination drive in rural India

India Today  

It is not the pandemic alone that officials are battling in India's hinterlands. Side-effects due to vaccination and reports of deaths even after taking the jab have fanned rumours that the Covid-19 vaccine is fatal. UP: Villagers steer clear, city folk line up at rural jab centres The vaccination process is yet to pick pace in the interiors of India's …

News18 Evening Digest: Central Govt Busts 7 'Myths' About Covid-19 Vaccination Drive and Other Top Stories
3 years, 10 months ago

News18 Evening Digest: Central Govt Busts 7 'Myths' About Covid-19 Vaccination Drive and Other Top Stories

News 18  

From Shots for Children to Approving Global Jabs, Centre Busts 7 ‘Myths’ About Vaccination Programme The Centre in a statement on Thursday addressed “myths” about India’s vaccination program. Twitter’s statement came after Delhi police officials visited the company’s office on Monday in connection with a probe over the ongoing “toolkit” row between the ruling BJP and opposition parties. Tarun Tejpal …

Naturally, selection: The Hindu Editorial on vaccinating the vulnerable in 18+ group
3 years, 10 months ago

Naturally, selection: The Hindu Editorial on vaccinating the vulnerable in 18+ group

The Hindu  

When supply is finite, it is a no-brainer that a burgeoning demand will not be met. Studies have shown an inverse correlation between vaccinations and infections; a study in Tamil Nadu showed that the percentage of people over 60 years infected in the second wave had come down by 7%, even as the numbers in other age groups rose. As …

Govt Widened Vaccination Without Considering Stock, WHO Guidelines: Serum Institute Executive Director
3 years, 10 months ago

Govt Widened Vaccination Without Considering Stock, WHO Guidelines: Serum Institute Executive Director

News 18  

Amid an acute shortage of COVID-19 vaccines in the country, executive director of Pune-based Serum Institute of India Suresh Jadhav on Friday alleged that the government began inoculating people from multiple age groups without taking into account the available stock of vaccines and the WHO guidelines. Speaking at an e-summit organised by Heal Health, a health advocacy and awareness platform, …

Opinion | Dispel all baseless rumours, let all of us work unitedly on the vaccination front
3 years, 10 months ago

Opinion | Dispel all baseless rumours, let all of us work unitedly on the vaccination front

India TV News  

On Friday, when India reported a dip in fresh Covid-19 cases to 3.2 lakhs, there was some good news from the US and also from the vaccination front. The US had started its vaccination program on December 14 last year and in a span of six months, it used more than 20 crore vaccine doses to fully vaccinate 10.5 crore …

Government's vaccination strategy responsible for Covid-19 spread: Rahul Gandhi
3 years, 10 months ago

Government's vaccination strategy responsible for Covid-19 spread: Rahul Gandhi

India TV News  

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking immediate measures to flatten COVID-19 curve in the country. He wrote, "The pandemic has demonstrated that our size, genetic diversity, and complexity make India fertile ground for the virus to rapidly mutate, transforming itself into a more contagious and dangerous form". "Your government's lack …

Vaccines have to be equitable: Jacob John
3 years, 11 months ago

Vaccines have to be equitable: Jacob John

The Hindu  

As this goes to print, the number of COVID-19 deaths in India has crossed 200,000 amid an acute shortage of oxygen. Jacob John, professor at the Department of Community Health, Christian Medical College, Vellore, says it is ironic that just when vaccine hesitancy is abating, the country may be running out of vaccines as we universalise inoculation for everyone who …

Punjab, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh accuse Centre of hijacking COVID-19 vaccine stocks
3 years, 11 months ago

Punjab, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh accuse Centre of hijacking COVID-19 vaccine stocks

Firstpost  

Health ministers of four states, all run by non-BJP govt, accused that the Centre’s treatment towards them is “step-motherly” and urged the government to provide them free doses to vaccinate all adults New Delhi: Fours states ruled by the Congress and its allies Sunday accused the Centre of “hijacking” vaccine stocks from manufacturers, and expressed doubts they would be able …

The price of lowering our guard: Why this Covid catastrophe is upon us, and what we need to do now
3 years, 11 months ago

The price of lowering our guard: Why this Covid catastrophe is upon us, and what we need to do now

Times of India  

How did it all fall apart so spectacularly? Just a few months ago, our health minister sanguinely led us to believe we had overcome Covid-19, triumphantly declaring that “India has flattened the Covid graph.” Three months later those words ring hollow as India is at crisis point, its health infrastructure deficiencies ruthlessly exposed. Essential drugs, like remdesivir and tocilizumab are …

What are the criteria to compare vaccines?
3 years, 11 months ago

What are the criteria to compare vaccines?

The Hindu  

If there was only one vaccine againsta disease, the choice is simple, yes or no. Disease control is not mere disease prevention at the individual level, but is a ‘public health’ goal and activity, defined as “ disease reduction to a pre-determined level by vaccination, within a pre-determined time period, and quantitatively monitored for success ”. Such is the embarrassing …

Vaccine diplomacy that needs specific clarifications
3 years, 11 months ago

Vaccine diplomacy that needs specific clarifications

The Hindu  

On March 18, V. Muraleedharan, Minister of state in the Ministry of External Affairs, while responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha on the “Distribution of Covid-19 Vaccine in Foreign Countries”, noted, “External supplies are done factoring in domestic production, requirements of national vaccination programme and requests for the ‘Made in India’ vaccines. As an obligation Mr. Muraleedharan also …

Salvaging strategy: On scaling up COVID-19 vaccinations
3 years, 11 months ago

Salvaging strategy: On scaling up COVID-19 vaccinations

The Hindu  

India’s aggressive second wave of coronavirus infections marked by over 1,50,000 cases a day and many deaths is clearly the result of irrational exuberance early in the new year. After prematurely assuming that COVID-19 was virtually over, governments made rash decisions to allow large religious gatherings and political campaigns with little regard for disease control. Allowing all proven vaccines to …

Clerics join hands to dispel fear, will urge followers to get shots
4 years ago

Clerics join hands to dispel fear, will urge followers to get shots

Hindustan Times  

Cutting across ideological lines, Muslim clerics in Uttar Pradesh have come together to bust misinformation and myths surrounding the Covid-19 vaccination process and motivate people to opt for inoculation. This is the only way we can check the spread of virus,” said Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali, senior member of All-India Muslim Personal Law Board and Imam of the Eidgah …

The second wave: The Hindu Editorial on why new vaccines should be cleared as India battles a new COVID-19 surge
4 years ago

The second wave: The Hindu Editorial on why new vaccines should be cleared as India battles a new COVID-19 surge

The Hindu  

The rise in COVID-19 cases as part of India’s ‘second wave’ has the government and public health authorities truly worried. The government is also bearing down on local vaccine companies to prioritise delivery to India over their international commitments as several other vaccine candidates line up emergency approvals from regulators. More research needs to be conducted and communicated on whether …

OPINION: 5 Ways To Make The Vaccine Rollout More Equitable
4 years ago

OPINION: 5 Ways To Make The Vaccine Rollout More Equitable

NPR  

OPINION: 5 Ways To Make The Vaccine Rollout More Equitable Enlarge this image toggle caption Octavio Jones/Getty Images Octavio Jones/Getty Images A key focus of President Biden's National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness is to "protect those most at risk and advance equity, including across racial, ethnic and rural/urban lines." Sponsor Message Over the past year, the …

89 Deaths Reported Following Covid Vaccination Till March 16, But None Attributed to Vaccine: Govt
4 years ago

89 Deaths Reported Following Covid Vaccination Till March 16, But None Attributed to Vaccine: Govt

News 18  

A total of 89 deaths have been reported following COVID-19 vaccination till March 16, but none of the fatalities has been attributed to the inoculation so far, Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday. In written reply to a question, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey said that adverse events following immunization are monitored through a well-structured and robust surveillance …

Modi Govt’s Ambitious Vaccine Drive Has Placed India Ahead of Many Developed Nations in Covid Fight
4 years ago

Modi Govt’s Ambitious Vaccine Drive Has Placed India Ahead of Many Developed Nations in Covid Fight

News 18  

Narendra Modi urged Indians to walk on the path of unity led by Sardar Patel, who once rightly said, “Manpower without unity is not strength unless it is harmonized and united properly, then it becomes a spiritual power,” when he launched the world’s largest vaccination drive on January 16. I can say this with great pride and happiness that after …

Should India Worry About Blood Clots And the AstraZeneca Vaccine?
4 years ago

Should India Worry About Blood Clots And the AstraZeneca Vaccine?

The Quint  

“Now this information can be interpreted in two ways – that an underlying problem with a risk of clotting was precipitated by a vaccine or there is less chances of getting thrombosis in normal, healthy people. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare continues to provide data on vaccinations but stopped providing information on AEFI’s since 26 February, reported Indiaspend. …

India to re-examine adverse events for both Covid vaccines after blood clot concerns over Oxford's Covishield
4 years ago

India to re-examine adverse events for both Covid vaccines after blood clot concerns over Oxford's Covishield

India Today  

The Government of India is reviewing all deaths and hospitalizations related to vaccine dosage, a top official has confirmed to India Today. 'POOR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONCEPT OF AEFI' A keen vaccine observer, Dr Jayadevan also says that oversimplification of the term serious adverse events leads to miscommunication. Dr Jayadevan tells India Today, "When these events occur in people who …

Vaccine inequities: The Hindu Editorial on need to vaccinate all above 45
4 years, 1 month ago

Vaccine inequities: The Hindu Editorial on need to vaccinate all above 45

The Hindu  

The decision to open up about 20,000 private hospitals across India from March 1 — in addition to about 10,000 government sites — to vaccinate people older than 60 years and those above 45 years with comorbidities will at once increase the number of vaccination sites. Roping in the private sector to support the government programme of vaccinating about 270 …

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